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Australia Freedom League Collected Records

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

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Call Number:
CDG-B.Australia.Australia Freedom League
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-B., Australia Freedom League..
Date:
1913-1914 (inclusive)
Abstract:
Includes organization's leaflets, and typescript reports of young boys who reported their conscientious objection to military drilling, their incarceration, and court hearings.

Australia Freedom League; headquartered in Melbourne, with branches elsewhere; sometimes known as the Australia Freedom League for the Abolition of the Compulsory Clauses of the Commonwealth Defense Act; organization was opposed to the compulsory aspects of military training of boys as young as 14 under the Commonwealth Defense Act.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.

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